5 golfers function on the most recent Forbes rating of the 50 highest-paid athletes on the earth. Amongst them, Jon Rahm, who transitioned to the LIV Golf in December 2023 for round $500 million, is available in second place, behind soccer celebrity Cristiano Ronaldo.
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In only one yr, he has change into the second-highest-paid athlete on the earth. The huge contract signed by Spanish golfer Jon Rahm with LIV Golf final December permits him to estimate his earnings for the yr 2024 alone at round $218 million.
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A colossal sum, however nonetheless inadequate to meet up with the top-ranked participant, Cristiano Ronaldo, additionally buoyed by Saudi petrodollars ($260 million). Breaking it down, Rahm’s whole earnings would thus quantity to $218 million, with $198 million immediately associated to golf play, supplemented by $20 million in endorsements and sponsorships.
5 golfers within the prime 50 Rory McIlroy, however, sits a bit additional down the checklist, in nineteenth place. Whereas the Northern Irishman has but to safe one other Main title on the PGA Championship on Might 19, his checking account is flourishing.
Significantly changing into a significant investor within the F1 Alpine crew in 2023, McIlroy estimates his earnings at $80.1 million, with over half coming from off-course actions. Regardless of restricted participation in competitions on account of accidents, cash has additionally continued to stream for Tiger Woods, who occupies the twenty third spot on this checklist with whole earnings of $67.2 million between Might 2023 and Might 2024, with $55 million coming solely from off the fairways.
Six locations beneath is the present world primary, Scottie Scheffler, with $59.2 million through the interval, of which $39.2 million comes solely from his on-course exploits. Lastly, Australian Cameron Smith, who additionally joined LIV Golf (simply after his victory at The Open at St Andrews in 2022), seems in forty third place on the checklist with whole earnings of $48 million. In 2023, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson had been within the prime 10 of the checklist however have each dropped out of the highest 50.
